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Friday, September 25, 2015

Drawn into the Heart of Reading: Adventure Project

We finished our first genre in DITHOR this week: Adventure! The kids had to take this week to complete a project on the book they read over the past 3 weeks. I decided they would all do a movie poster! {I wasn't thrilled about the options listed.} They chose real actors to play the characters, and did a fantastic job.

Mercie: 2nd grader {Dolphin Adventure}

She cast Tom Cruise to play the part of Wayne Grover, the diver who helps the injured baby dolphin. She painted an ocean scene on her poster, and then printed pictures off the internet to complete it. I was very proud of her work!

Eli: 5th grader {Cabin on Trouble Creek}

He did a great job on his poster. He painted a forest scene, glued a picture of a log cabin, and cast his characters. He cast Nathan Kress and Jake T. Austin to play the two brothers who stay in the cabin while their father goes to fetch their mother. I also had him write a few movie reviews from critics. Needless to say, they all loved the move!

Mikaela: 7th grader {The Little White Horse}

Mikaela cast six main characters from her movie. I love that she used Mark Harmon {from my fave show NCIS}. She painted her entire poster purple, and found a white unicorn to put in the middle. I do like the simplicity of her poster. She also wrote movie reviews, and they were very creative.

Drawn into the Heart of Reading is a fun reading program. I am glad we are using it. We will be taking a two week break to do a little Health and Art. Then, we will be starting up with the Humor genre!